Are there any experts in making half-decent stuff out of shitpiles?

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Are there any experts in making half-decent stuff out of shitpiles?

Post by Screech » Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:24 pm

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If you see that car in the bottom right with a GT blade underneath, that's the only thing I was able to make out of that ungodly brick dump.

What are the chances that I'll be able to create something of value without resorting to rainbowism?
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Re: Are there any experts in making half-decent stuff out of shitpiles?

Post by ninja_bait » Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:29 pm

:rtfm: The cure to rainbowism is sorting by color. Grab some takeout containers or ziplocs and have at it!

inb4 someone goes ree sort by type
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Re: Are there any experts in making half-decent stuff out of shitpiles?

Post by Screech » Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:40 pm

ninja_bait wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:29 pm
:rtfm: The cure to rainbowism is sorting by color. Grab some takeout containers or ziplocs and have at it!

inb4 someone goes ree sort by type
inb4 i end up just getting ~8-10 smaller shitpiles instead
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Post by Duerer » Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:37 pm

First thing I did while joining this forum was sorting my stuff by colour. By now I switched to sorting by types but it's still a start I'd say.
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Re: Are there any experts in making half-decent stuff out of shitpiles?

Post by ninja_bait » Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:55 pm

Screech wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:40 pm
inb4 i end up just getting ~8-10 smaller shitpiles instead
I mean, that's sorting :fudge:
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Post by sahasrahla » Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:41 am

WASH IT and then sort it. clean Lego is so much nicer

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Post by CaLego420 » Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:09 pm

All those 16x16 plates make me a tad jelly, and I completely forgot that hexagon plates were a thing so I guess it's time to feed my cracklink addiction. As for ideas all those instruction books are a good start, sort out the pieces for say that tow truck then make it your own by augmenting the color scheme or adding spikes or a railgun or a microwave-type hyper weapon or something. I see two figs and a horse, which is a fight just waiting to happen...and why does the horse not have a mech yet?

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Post by Venge » Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:52 am

ninja_bait wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:29 pm
:rtfm: The cure to rainbowism is sorting by color. Grab some takeout containers or ziplocs and have at it!

inb4 someone goes ree sort by type
I sort by type and then also by color for bricks that I have a a lot of (I.E. basic bricks and plates).
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